Meet Kunihira, a three-year-old girl from Uganda. For her whole life, Kunihira has had painful swelling because of an umbilical hernia that causes her occasional abdominal pain and poses serious long term health risks.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF), shares that unless Kunihira receives proper care, she is “at risk of getting intestinal obstruction or strangulation of the hernia.” Kunihira’s mother brought her daughter to the hospital, but was unable to afford the surgery that she needs. Because of Kunihira’s condition, her mother is unable to leave her for extended periods of time or find steady employment.
$220 covers the cost of a hernia repair surgery that will ease Kunihira’s immediate discomfort and minimize the risk of future health complications, AMHF details. “We expect that after the surgery, Kunihira will no longer be in pain and the risk or intestinal obstruction, incarceration and strangulation would be eliminated.”
“Thank you in advance for the assistance you are going to give my child and me,” Kunihira’s mother shares. “God bless you.”